Bhopal: Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi announced on Monday that the party will consider ground-level workers for the nomination as candidates and it will not give any preference to party leader’s sons when it undertakes the ticket distribution for the upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh.

Moreover, the Congress party is planning to field a large number of women as candidates for the upcoming elections in poll-bounded BJP-ruled states, Rahul Gandhi announced while interacting with the cadres of the party at Dusshera Maidan in Bhopal.

“The old system of distributing tickets won’t be followed this time around. Son of any person (Congress leader) won’t be picked up as nominee,” he said in response to a query by a party worker.

“Those who fight for the Congress and are grassroots workers will get the ticket. The winnable party workers and persons will get the ticket,” he said amid loud cheers from party cadres present at the event.

He also took the opportunity of this event to make it clear that leaders from other parties who make their way into the Congress party will not get tickets.

“Those who parachute in our party can come in happily. But ticket won’t drop like a parachute for them,” he said.

“First they have to fight for the party, thereafter their names would be considered,” he said.

“Election is drawing closer in MP. I want to give maximum tickets to women to send them to the assembly. I know unless women get power, they can’t be protected,” he said.

As per the statement was given by the Congress Chief, the party heads would consult party workers and district unit presidents before finalizing candidates in their respective assembly constituencies.

Responding to a query, the Congress chief said that the Congress party will support the Women Reservation Bill in Parliament to the fullest extent.

The Congress chief further said that in case the party is voted to power in the state of Madhya Pradesh, then more women would be given a chance to get inducted in the police force and specially dedicated stations would be set up for them.

He also said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi kept mum over the issue of BJP MLA keeping mum over the issue.

Mr. Gandhi was in the city of Bhopal to campaign for this party for the oncoming elections in the state of Madhya Pradesh. He held a roadshow and addressed a rally of Congress workers.

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